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Officially, this is called "encaustic" painting, with or without brushes. One thing I like about the brushes is that they remelt every time you put them back in the warm wax. I've never done this project with fingers because I keep the muffin pan on a heat source the whole time and the wax is too warm, but I'm going to try this the way you have it set up. I can't wait!!

Thanks MaryAnn! I really wasn't sure what to call it, now I know! :) Let me know if you give it a go, my girls really liked it. The great thing about the wax is that it doesn't have to be that hot to stick to fingers. I really enjoyed doing it with them as well, who doen't like sticking their fingers in wax ;)

I need to try this again... Maybe it was the cheap crayons that I used, or maybe it wasn't deep enough (need to "break" more crayons?), but they solidified too quickly, giving my daughter a chance to "paint" for only about a minute. I had to put them back in the oven three times before she was able to make enough marks on the paper to feel satisfied. What was your experience? How many crayons per muffin cup would you say you used? I put in one per cup. I definitely want to try it again, because it's such a neat idea! I remember making wax "coins" (covering a sucre with dripping, and then prying them off) in Ecuador as a child. There were always candles on hand, because the power went out regularly (to this day, though much more frequently back then). I never did it here, because candles are kept out of reach of children here. Hahaha!

Hi Di! Thanks so much for visiting, I'm glad you decided to try this with your daughter! I had quite a few crayon pieces in each cup and only use Crayola, they are the best crayons for melting I've tried (and we melt crayons a lot!) I hope you give this another go, it was so fun to dip our fingers in the warm wax and draw/paint with them.